Job Description

Wieden+Kennedy is an independent, global creative company. We're here to do the best work of our lives with inspiring clients. We make work that influences culture and builds business value.

We're looking for a back-end development expert to join our IT team. The right candidates is excited to work in a creative environment and will have a deep knowledge of development principles, industry trends, and emerging technologies.

Expert-level knowledge of one or more system languages below, database architecture, and Unix operating systems is required. Experience working in a creative agency or comparable project-driven environment is a plus!

Major Responsibilities/Primary Functions:

Develop back-end solutions for agency-led executions in web, mobile, and emerging technology; Projects including but not limited to API development, custom content management, front-end integration, and similar types of builds.

You'll lead the way on project architecture and database structure while utilizing best practices in performance, stability, scalability, and security

Design and develop web applications that help automate and optimize the agency workflow

Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the development team

You'll be an integral partner between agency producers and client-based IT teams (when necessary), ensuring all productions meet client policy and security requirements

Deliver well-tested, maintainable and efficient code

Implement capacity and monitoring plans

Integrate front-end user experience elements with server-side logic

Occasionally you may even set up deployment servers, establishing effective code review and quality assurance processes

Qualifications, Distinguishing Characteristics and Special Requirements:

A degree in CS or software engineering is highly desired

Fluency in C#, C++, JAVA, Python, ASP.NET, SQL development

8+ years of overall software engineering experience is strongly preferred, with ideally 7+ years of database development